This license continues even if you stop using our services, for example, for a business listing you have added to Google Maps. Some services allow you to access and remove content that has been provided to that service. Also, in some of our services, there are terms or settings that narrow the scope of our use of the content submitted in those services.
Users who believe deleting their account will remove Google's rights to their content may be mistaken — the license survives in certain circumstances, which has significant implications for personal photos, creative works, and business information.
Google's Terms of Service apply to every product in its ecosystem — Search, Gmail, YouTube, Maps, and more — and by using these services you grant Google a broad license to use your content globally, including after you stop using the service if others have already reshared it. Google can suspend or terminate your account and remove your content at its discretion if it determines you have violated its policies, with limited advance notice in urgent cases, which poses a real risk if you rely on Google services for business or personal communications. You can export a copy of your data and manage your content permissions at any time via Google Takeout at takeout.google.com or review and delete specific content in your Google Account dashboard at myaccount.google.com.